Re: [POC][RFC][PATCH 2/2] pstore/ramoops: Add ramoops.mem_name= command line option

[Steven Rostedt]

On Tue, 9 Apr 2024 15:18:45 -0700
Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > @@ -914,6 +919,19 @@ static void __init ramoops_register_dummy(void)
> >  {
> >  	struct ramoops_platform_data pdata;
> >  
> > +#ifndef MODULE
> > +	/* Only allowed when builtin */  
> 
> Why only when builtin?

Well, because the memory table that maps the found physical memory to a
lable is marked as __initdata, and will not be available after boot. If you
wanted it for a module, you would need some builtin code to find it.

> 
> > +	if (mem_name) {
> > +		u64 start;
> > +		u64 size;
> > +
> > +		if (memmap_named(mem_name, &start, &size)) {
> > +			mem_address = start;
> > +			mem_size = size;
> > +		}
> > +	}
> > +#endif  
> 
> Otherwise this looks good, though I'd prefer some comments about what's
> happening here.
> 
> (And in retrospect, separately, I probably need to rename "dummy" to
> "commandline" or something, since it's gathering valid settings here...)

Yeah, that was a bit confusing. I kept thinking "is this function stable?".

-- Steve